One of the gwomes in the rotation at Paris’ Embassy Row.  Like the other 3, it was a Nation of the Grid—which decreed only one gwome could represent The Grid.

Good ground. Also: Amory Frontage’s preferred name for cities he founded.

The Parisian Diaspora is made up of all of the descendants of all the people who traveled with Amory Frontage, in his quest for “good ground” across Kymaerica.

Languages spoken by most of the Parisian Diaspora. Also: Culture attributed to developing the Klosen Time bench.

An interpreter specializing in multi-dimensional tenses, who founded the Musim Ginuija (Museum of the Bench) having fled the expedition of Nobunaga-Gaisen.

The Grid gwome that declined participation in The Grid rotation because, despite having a Paris, the gwome as a whole is not culturally Parisian.

Pattern Scientists pursue, perceive and reveal the patterns in the universe. They are almost always xthaedra.

One of the most (but not the most) fractious of the regions of Kymaerica, it is composed of numerous different gwomes, most resulting from a diverse body of early settlers from many places among the outer continents. It also happens to be among the best researched of the distrykts. Also: Distrykt notable for containing the gwomes Jevreckem, Hizurokoro, and Skadalia.

A community founded by Amory Frontage that is no longer culturally Parisian.

A Moon of Jupiter, named (more or less) for the great Engineer Pezhephen.

A year followed by many gwomes in Kcymaerxthaere amounting to approximately 744 of our earth days. It is often interesting to encounter the seasons in such a gwome. The name is a corruption of the name of the legendary engineer.

In Erailen gwome, the preferred beer for toasting for a successful journey across a Time Frontier. Also: Bench along the Erailen side of the Grand River where in Kcymaerxthaereal times, on the eve of crossing, gazing down on the river, and the treacherous ywreng within it, those on the Erailen side would raise a beer and toast, “Pel Kwint,” echoed from the other side by an equally brave, “Kwin Tel! Kwin Tel!” People often joked that was the only thing the two sides would agree on.